BREAKING: Appeal Court Affirms Ortom’s Election

Hamilton Nwosa
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Wike Under Fire over Abuja Land Clash as Outrage Grows

Veterans demand apology, but APC’s Igbokwe defends minister, blasts naval officer By Obinna Uballa The confrontation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer during an enforcement visit to a disputed land in Abuja has continued to provoke strong reactions from Nigerians, with many condemning the minister’s conduct…

Ex-COAS Buratai Slams Wike over Verbal Assault on Military Officer, Demands Public Apology

By Abiola Olawale Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and a former Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd.) has issued a stern condemnation of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, following a verbal altercation with a uniformed military officer, identified as Lieutenant A.M. Yerima, in…

Three Quick Thoughts on Wike and Yerima

By Farooq Kperogi I have read competing perspectives on the correctitude (or lack thereof) of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Lt. A.M. Yerima’s conduct in the viral video of their gladiatorial rhetorical combat. My concern, however, is different. Several social media commentators, irrespective of partisan affiliations, appear united in proclaiming that Wike finally “met his…

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A five-man panel led by Justice Fred Oho dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate in the last election held in the state, Emmauel Jime.

The Court of Appeal resolved all the five issues considered in the appeal against the appellants and upheld the earlier judgment of the Benue State Governorship Election Petition which had earlier affirmed Ortom and his Peoples Democratic Party’s victory at the poll.

It held that the appellants’ appeal lacked merit.

Details later…

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